Nigeria agrees to hand war crimes fugitive to Liberia

Nigeria said today it will send back to Liberia exiled ex-president and one-time warlord Charles Taylor, wanted for trial on war crimes by a UN-backed court.

Newly inaugurated Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf recently asked that Taylor’s asylum in Nigeria be ended and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said he would discuss the request with regional leaders.